Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 12:10:02 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: JAMES FELLEY Subject: SI Rufous Hummingbird, 12/22 Comments: cc: laura.c-ctr.farron@faa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline The Rufous Hummingbird was in the viburnum this morning, chittering whenever I came near. I looked around to see if there was another hummingbird about, but nothing... As far as I can tell the last time the Black-chinned was seen was December 14, over a week ago. Unless someone else has seen it recently, I am assuming that the little bird is no longer with us (in one sense or another). Some news from HUMNET (via birdingonthe.net): ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ...Amy Pollack, a horticulturist from the US Botanical Garden's in Washigton DC. Apparently southeastern hummer plants attract birds there, too! Amy reported a hummingbird visiting their "garden of plants native to the American southeast and southwest...[It] is host to an astonising array of wildlife for a city garden, but there is precious little out there now for a hummingbird!" The details of the hummer couldn't be seen for ID, but she was confident it was a hummingbird. Whether or not it is one of the two that Mary Gustafson banded at the Smithsonian gardens a few blocks away is unknown. Mary's been notified. ... ++++++++++++++++++++++++ The SI Rufous? The Black-chinned? Yet another hummingbird? Keep your eyes open! Jim Jim Felley Smithsonian Institution felleyj@si.edu ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================